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i Letters Patent No. 84,803, dated December 8, 1868.

'which -will, enablethose skilled in the ait to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved mode of constructing .sheet-metal scoops, as hereinafter fully l shown and described, whereby they may be manufactured at a less cost and in a superior manner to those ordinarily made.

In the accompanying sheet oil drawings- Figure 1 is a side viewl of my invention.

Figure 2, a plan or top View of the sheet-metal cut inthe proper shape to form the body of the scoop.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A, rig. 1, represents the body ofthe scoop, which is composed-of a single piece of sheet'lmetal, B, as shown in fig. 2, a u being the parts which form the sides andback of the scoop, and b the part which forms the bottom.

The rear'end ofthe part b is of semicircular shape, and the rear ends of theparts c c are straight, or in right lines.

The body A is formed by bending up the parts c c, so thatthe rear edges of c a' will lap'over each other, anglesbeing formed at the junction of c a, and b, as indicated by the dotted lines c c, the rear end of b being bent upward and soldered to the curved rear parts of c a.

The rear part of b, when bent upward, and soldered to the rear parts of c c, forms a plane surface, d, which is not in the same plane with b, but forms an obtuse angle with it, as will be seen by referring to g. 1.

The lapped edges at the rear ends of the parts a a are secured together by solder. 4

C represents the, handle of the scoop, and

D, the socket, which is soldered tothe rear part of A, and to thchandle, at the junction of the handle and the rear part of the body A, as shown in fig. l.

Ihe scoop thusconstruc'ted, when placed upon any plane surface, rests upon the part d, which vforms a proper base, (see fig. 1,) and the bottom, 1), is slightly inclined upward from (l to its outer end:

This prevents any substance in the scoop from fa1ling out of it. Y

This is an important feature, for these scoops are used principally by retail merchants, such as grocerymen and others, who fill the scales and weigh out articles in small lots, and almost invariably a surplus of the material weighed is leftvv in the scoop, which 4the merchant leaves upon the counter until the weighed substance is taken from the scale-pan and tied up in a parcel or paper bag.

The ordinary scoops frequently turn over, and a greater or less quantityof the 'material left in them is spilled out, a contingency' which is fully obviated by my improvement.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters PatentF A scoop, having its body, A, constructed out of a single piece of sheet-metal, B, cut and bent in the form, and soldered, substantially as herein shown and described.

T. B. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLoertLn'r, ALEX. F. Renners. 

